BBC R3

Petroc Trelawny celebrates the music of North Texas, with guests including conductor Robert Spano and composer Quinn Mason, and live music from Orpheus Chamber Singers.

Michael Berkeley's guest is the singer, actor and Broadway star Vanessa Williams, whose musical passions include Bach, Copland, Bernstein and Jennifer Higdon.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on a musical journey with a Czech flavour as she goes in search of Dvorak's evergreen Scherzo Capriccioso.

From St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York City.

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Music from Renaissance Scotland as it would have been heard in the now-ruined Chapel Royal, whose lost acoustic has been reconstructed for a new recording by the Binchois Consort.

Rhashan Stone and Caitlin Fitzgerald read from prose and poetry conveying a sense of freedom in America, alongside music by Copland, Florence Price, Miles Davis, Jessie Montgomery.

Against a backdrop of financial crisis and disinvestment in New York City, New Music was born. Writer Richard King explores the conditions for creativity in New York in the 1970s.

Continuing BBC Radio 3's celebration of American music, here are two less-well known pieces from the States - William Schuman's Fifth Symphony and Leonard Bernstein's Songfest.

Kate Molleson and Gillian Moore shine new light on the 'modern' music of the 20th century. This week, Kate explores the revolutionary compositions of US maverick, Henry Cowell.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening, from classical to contemporary and everything in between.

Sonic vistas, open strings, mountainous atmospheres, canyons of sound... Elizabeth Alker embarks on a musical roadtrip through America's ambient landscapes.